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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

--

choi

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

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有关一个中国家庭悲剧的书籍被禁. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa50.cfm
(Author of the new book 共用的墓碑--一个中国家庭的纪事, 李世华说："我常常是带着满脸的泪水写的。我常常是写着写着就写不下去了，趴在电脑前哭起来，哭了半天后平静下来再继续写。多少个夜晚我一夜一夜的失眠，但是我觉得我要写下去，写出来，因为这是我四十年的宿愿。")

Quote:

"李世华接着说，反右运动中很多被打击的人都是知识分子，写了很多有关文章和书籍。但是，60年代的大饥荒中死去的农民却是沉默的一群，他们默默地死去，不要说立碑，很多人甚至没有留下姓名，没有留下一张照片，更没有人讲述他们的故事和经历。

My comment: In late 1970s in Taiwan, I (a resident of City of Kaohsiung) went with my classmate to his hometown 屏東縣潮州鎮. I was introduced to a grammar school teacher, a man in his forties, who said humbly that his life-long wish was to write a book after retirement--a book whose content would be too politically sensitive that he had to wait. Neither my classmate nor I dared to ask what it was about. Taiwan was under martial law then.


--------------Separately
(1) 六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门. VOA Chinese, May 16, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa37.cfm

制作人卡玛 = Carma Hinton

My comment: I do not know of this lawsuit, but it is old news, for according to this report the civil action started 2 years ago. However, two noted media groups reported about the lawsuits just a week ago.
(a) Jane Macartney, Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest. Times of London, May 4, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6221258.ece

(b) Evan Osnos, Letters from China: The American Dream. New Yorker, May 7, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/05/the-american-dream-the-lawsuit.html

(c) This is the Appeal by Long Bow Group, dated Apr. 15, 2009.
http://www.tsquare.tv/film/appeal-online.html

(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a web page about the China project.

The Long Bow China Archive 中國資料庫
http://caes.mit.edu/projects/china-longbow-removed/china_longbow/

(e) The lawsuit appears to be filed with United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I do not know if the case has merit but if there is none, it should not cost much to defend the case, although American lawyers charge a lot.


(2) Juliana Liu, China goes farming as factories close. BBC English, May 14, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8050762.stm
("Millions of former migrant workers have returned to their ancestral villages after the country's economic miracle fizzled.")

My comment: Farming is nothing, at least for former Taiwanese official. 黃佳琳, 邱義仁現身 整地種絲瓜. Liberty Times, May 12, 2009.
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/may/12/today-p3.htm
(四分地)

Note: These are Taiwanese area units.
1甲 = 10分 = 2934坪 = 0.96992公頃
A hectare = 2.47 acres = 0.01 square kilometer or 10,000 square meters.

So 四分地 = 4,000 square meters.

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